Conductors and Repertoire - Sewanee Summer Music Festival
- Two full student orchestras present weekly concerts that feature exciting standard repertoire and works by important emerging composers. The SSMF regularly commissions new projects, such as the recent boundary-crossing composition by banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
For its commitment to build repertoire and increase interest in music of our time, the SSMF was honored in 2014 with the ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.
2016 Conductors and Programs appear below. 2017 Conductor and Programs are coming soon.
Sewanee Symphony
Mature, experienced musicians work intensively in an orchestral setting with the highest standards, led by a different world-class guest conductor each week:
- JoAnn Falletta
- Robert Moody
- Josep Caballé-Domenech
- Yaniv Dinur
Sewanee Symphony Repertoire
- MASON BATES: Desert Transport (2010)
- LIADOV: The Enchanted Lake
- MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
- REVUELTAS: Sensemaya
- SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10
- STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration
- STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Swan Lake, selections
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
- WAGNER: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Cumberland Orchestra
Maturing young musicians explore challenging repertoire and respond to professional standards for preparation, attendance, punctuality and teamwork. More experienced musicians hold leadership positions in this ensemble. Outstanding guest conductors include:
- Margery Deutsch
- Gene Moon
- Troy Peters
- Allen Tinkham
Cumberland Orchestra Repertoire
- BERIO: Ritirata notturna di Madrid
- GRIEG: Norwegian Dances
- KABALEVSKY: Overture to Colas Breugnon
- KHACHATURIAN: Adagio from Spartacus
- MISSY MAZZOLI: These Worlds in Us
- OFFENBACH Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
- PUCCINI: Intermezzo from Act III of Manon Lescaut
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture
- SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5, Movement IV
- STEVE HEITZEG: Aqua (Homage à Jacques-Yves Cousteau) (1999)
- SUPPÉ: Poet and Peasant Overture
- VERDI: Overture to Nabucco
Conductors, artists and programs are subject to change.
